An ideal is a pair of shoes that keeps changing sizes. | Ge San | TEDxSuzhou

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Using the shoe as a metaphor, San Ge describes the pursuit of ideals as a journey of continuous sensing and the courage to change shoes. His three pairs of "shoes": The first was the "entrepreneur's shoe"—born of passion but ending in pain—which taught him that pain is the signal to change. The second was the "healer's shoe" that let him soar freely, offering the experience of a life wholly allowed. The third was the "tea master's shoe"—chafing yet grounding—which, through confusion and pain, led him to realize that life's true meaning lies not in finding the ultimate answer or the perfect fit, but in navigating by feeling, illuminating the path with awareness, and possessing the courage to bravely change shoes and keep moving forward when passion, pain, or opportunity arrives. His life can be summarized in three journeys. The first was building a business with his wife, creating **Zhanfang**—China's first literary-casual travel women's wear brand. While designing and crafting garment

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